The Las Vegas-based polling firm CinemaScore, since 1978, has been conducting weekly surveys of moviegoers, asking them to assign a letter grade based on their reaction to a new release they’ve just seen. The system gives some insight into the average person’s movie opinions and, for the studios, helps gauge how successful their films might be.
By Adam Lubitow
September 19, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Mother! Darren Aronofsky Jennifer Lawrence Javier Bardem
Professional clowns have been up in arms over the release of “It,” the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a demonic evil that most frequently takes the form of a clown known as Pennywise. After last year’s sinister clown sightings around the country, they’re not eager for more bad publicity.
By Adam Lubitow
September 12, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review It Andy Muschietti Stephen King Pennywise
Set in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, “Menashe” is a gentle dramedy about a Hasidic widower named (you guessed it) Menashe (played by Menashe Lustig), as he muddles his way through life. The charismatic, but rather hapless young man is cursed with a personality that often butts up against the conservative traditions of his religion, and he struggles to fit in with this most insular of communities.
By Adam Lubitow
September 11, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Menashe Joshua Z. Weinstein Menashe Lustig Dramedy
Everything you need to know about Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s charming romantic fantasy, “Home Again,” can be summed up with a single shot of a sign for an elementary school play attended by the film’s characters. It’s the sort of sign you can tell the director saw as having a rough around the edges, school project kind of look about it.
By Adam Lubitow
September 8, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Home Again Hallie Meyers-Shyer Reece Witherspoon Romantic Comedy
The Witness Palestine Film Series, back
for a sixth year, continues its mission to spotlight the human rights issues at
the heart of the decades-spanning conflict between Palestine and Israel. Along
with the annual film series (which runs through the beginning of October), this
year's festival branches out with a multidisciplinary program of events that
kicks off this weekend with a talk by keynote speaker, novelist, essayist, and
poet Susan Abulhawa on Sunday, September 10, at 2 p.m.
By Adam Lubitow
September 5, 2017
Movie Previews Bonus Features Rochester Film Witness Palestine Film Series Art House Theater Day Disney Princesses
